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Ooty is situated in the Western Ghats zone at a height of 2240 mtrs. It is the base camp of the Nilgiri District, where the two mountain ranges meet. Udhagamandalam , prevalently called as OOTY by the traveler, is the Queen of Hill Stations. Hundreds of years back this was likewise called as Oththai-Kal [single stone] Mandu [ Mund is a name of Toda Village].

Legend begins with Lieutenant Ward, an Englishman, who moved up from the Kunnavan town of Vellagavi to Kodaikanal in 1821 for a study of Mountain Ranges of Palani. In 1834, J.C Wroughten, the then Sub-Collector of Madras and C. R. Cotton, Member - Board of Revenue - Madras Presidency went up the slopes from Devadanapatti and fabricated a little cabin at the head of Adukkam go close Shenbaganur.